Jessica Pegula names the surface she finds the most frustrating to play on.
The 31-year-old enjoys playing on hard courts and the vast majority of success has occurred on that particular surface.
To further illustrate this, seven of Pegula’s eight career titles have come on hard courts, and her lone Grand Slam final came at the US Open.
But the World number four has a difficult relationship with another surface that she aims to continue improving on this season.
Jessica Pegula says she finds playing on grass ‘frustrating’
Different players have games that adapt to certain surfaces more than others.
Jessica Pegula has spoken of her love for hard courts due to the true bounce of the surface, compared to the slower and higher bouncing clay courts.
But it is the faster and low bouncing grass courts that Pegula finds frustrating at times, though she is becoming more accustomed to the surface.
“Grass can be kind of frustrating sometimes, especially during the first week. I didn’t grow up playing a lot on grass,” Pegula told the Lawn Tennis Association’s YouTube channel.
“Even though I do like it and I think I can play really well and my game suits the surface, sometimes it’s tricky that first week.
“But it’s about being able to problem solve and not get too frustrated if you get a bad bounce or someone serving really well, I think you can always kind of find your way back into the matches.”
Jessica Pegula looks ahead to playing the 2025 Wimbledon Championships
Pegula is looking forward to the grass court season as he looks to build on her record.
Pegula won her first grass court title at the Berlin Championships in 2024, but she has never been further than the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
With the addition of Queen’s to the WTA Tour meaning there is an extra grass court event to compete in, Pegula is looking forward to building her matches and fitness on the grass in order to have a solid run at the All-England Club.
“I’ve had really good results there, but I did have a heartbreaker there so I think being able to flip the narrative in the next year and break through and make that final of a Grand Slam was really important for me because that quarter-final was super tough,” she added.
“So hopefully I can turn it around and maybe make a semi or a final there at Wimbledon, I think that would be amazing and it has that prestigiousness there.
“When it comes to doing well at a Slam, you know the US Open’s always great for me because I’m American, but Wimbledon has that prestigiousness to it and obviously I want to have the same results there.”
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